Mouser and Philips Lumileds Announce Global Distributor Partnership

Philips Lumileds Lighting Company is a world leading manufacturer of high-power LEDs and a pioneer in the use of solid-state lighting solutions for everyday purposes including automotive lighting, computer displays, LCD televisions, signage and signaling and general lighting. The company's patented LUXEON® Power Light Sources are the first to combine the brightness of conventional lighting with the small footprint, longer life, and other inherent advantages of LEDs. The company also supplies core LED material and LED packaging, manufactures billions of LEDs annually, and ranks as the producer of the world's brightest red, amber, blue, green and white LEDs.

"We are excited to partner with Philips Lumileds to deliver the newest in lighting solution designs," said Russell Rasor, Mouser Vice President of Advanced Technology. "Philips Lumileds is on the leading edge of technology and provides high quality lighting equipment. Their vision is to bring the small form factor, long life span, and other benefits of solid-state illumination based on LEDs to general lighting applications such as light fixtures, traffic signals, automotive, signaling, and LCD displays through power LED technology. That fits perfectly with the Mouser model to deliver What’s Next in newest products and advanced technologies."

“Mouser gives Philips Lumileds the opportunity to bring our comprehensive portfolio of application specific LEDs to an even broader group of new and innovative companies. This partnership is the perfect avenue for our extensive product line to quickly meet the demands of our rapidly growing customer base,” stated Emmanuel Dieppedalle, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Philips Lumileds.

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 3 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

To learn more about Philips Lumileds at Mouser, visit http://www.mouser.com/philips-lumileds/

About Mouser Electronics:
Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 3 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 375,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.mouser.com.

About Philips Lumileds:
Philips Lumileds is a leading provider of LEDs for illumination solutions. Their LUXEON products deliver high light output, high efficacy and a more environmentally friendly light source, demonstrating its commitment to innovation. Philips Lumileds is a pioneer in the use of LED lighting solutions for everyday purposes including automotive lighting, indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, signage and signaling and general lighting. Philips Lumileds Lighting Company is a fully integrated manufacturer of LED dice, packaged LEDs, and high-brightness LEDs—LUXEON®—designed for integration into general lighting products.